The Open Arms Home for Children in partnership with 5 local Zaxby’s restaurants will be holding a fundraising event on Monday, May 26th (MEMORIAL DAY) from 5 PM to 8 PM.

Walk-in, drive-in and/or place your Zaxby’s order pnline between 5 PM and 8 PM and Zaxby’s will donate 10% of net proceeds from each of these 5 participating locations to The Open Arms Home for Children.

We would like to officially announce the hiring of our new Director Lisa McGhee. Lisa was hired a few months back, and we are excited to have her with us directing operations at the Home. Lisa can be reached by sending her an email through our contact form. When you get a chance, welcome her to the Blue Ridge community!

We would like to thank everyone who contributed to Open Arms in 2013. We were blessed to have so many thinking of us this year. We were able to achieve many great things for the Home thanks to your contributions of time and money.

We have exciting plans in the works for 2014, and we look forward to posting them to this website and our Facebook page very soon. Until then, THANK YOU for your ongoing support and we look forward to having you involved in 2014!

There are significant reasons in favor of giving to charity now rather than in the long-distance future. Giving communities a helping hand today allows them to continue to be better off in the future, increasing the social rate of return. It is also important to make a public stand and encourage others to give.

Georgia CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) works diligently with Georgia’s children who have been removed from their homes on account of neglect or abuse. For years, CASA volunteers have helped find healthy, permanent homes for children in the state’s foster care system and put their lives back on track.

CASA volunteers aim to represent Georgia’s children on an individual level, to identify a child’s specific situation and needs, and help them into a brighter future.